Psychosocial factors and preterm birth among African American and White women in central North Carolina.

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Published in Am J Public Health on August 01, 2004

Authors

Nancy Dole1, David A Savitz, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Michael J McMahon, Pierre Buekens

Author Affiliations

1: Carolina Population Center, CB 8120, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8120, USA. nancy_dole@unc.edu

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